[Arm-netbook] "recycling not the answer"

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/embodied-energy-of-digital-technology.html

if the energy cost of the plastics injection molding is enough to
power a 30 watt laptop for 1,000 days (3 years), then clearly,
recycling of the plastic, doing exactly the same thing, is *not* doing
the environment any favours.

the answer is, (a) instead, to keep that plastic casework in use for
as long as possible (for example by allowing the main processor and
memory to be continuously upgraded on a rolling basis) and/or (b)
develop different casework production techniques that are far more
energy-efficient.

l.